Community groups, business, bands, cheerleaders and more make up the Homewood 4th of July parade. This photo was taken at the 2014 parade. (HF Chronicle file photo) Local residents can get a run-up to their Fourth of July celebrations at the Starry Nights concert Friday night and keep rolling Saturday with the Homewood[Read More…]

Flossmoor officials, unable to make cars smaller or streets bigger, are seeking to restrict parking to one side of most residential by-ways in the village. It’s all a matter of public safety, they say. The mathematics of Flossmoor streets, and the vehicles that traverse them, point toward alarming situations in which fire[Read More…]

Young revelers filled the Homewood Metra platform Sunday, heading to the Pride Parade in Chicago.(Photo by Patty Houlihan/HF Chronicle) The Homewood Metra platform was a sea of bright rainbow colors Sunday morning, with dozens of south suburban teenagers decked out and heading for the Pride Parade in Chicago, the annual event celebrating the[Read More…]

While professional artists led by Nancy Pochis Bank recreated a Georges Seurat painting on the street nearby, dozens of local artists of all ages — amateur and professional — got down on the pavement and created their own works of art. Chalk of the Town was a new feature of Homewood’s Art[Read More…]

The softball senior league championship victors will be decided on Tuesday when Homewood’s Aurelio’s Pizza Royal Pains plays Flossmoor’s Coleman Roofing Giants for the Viking Helmet Traveling Trophy, sponsored by Forever Yogurt. The game will be played at 5:45 p.m. June 30 on the varsity softball field at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. This is[Read More…]

Three H-F High School baseball players are playing in Wednesday’s Double Duty Classic at U.S. Cellular Field, a tribute to Negro Leagues baseball in Chicago. A photo from the White Sox’ website promoting the 2015 Double Duty Classic game. Three ballplayers from H-F will be playing in this year’s game. (Provided photo) The game, hosted[Read More…]

Nearly 60 parents and other community members brought their questions – and, hopefully, some answers – to last Thursday’s Flossmoor District 161 town hall meeting on discipline in the schools. Serena Hills School PrincipalShari Demitrowicz leads abreakout discussion at Thursday’s town hall meetingon discipline in District 161.(Photo by Tom Houlihan/HF Chronicle) During a[Read More…]

Mary Wegrzyn, young adult librarian, suggests a book fora FORT patron. (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/HF Chronicle) The doors of FORT, the Homewood Public Library’s specially created young adult space, will officially swing open on Wednesday, July 1. “I am very excited and ready for our opening,” said Mary Wegrzyn, young adult librarian.[Read More…]

Cutting the ribbon to celebrate the renovation of the Flossmoor Metra Station are, from left, Metra CEODon Orseno, Flossmoor Mayor Paul Braun, and state representatives Anthony DeLuca, Will Davis and Al Riley. (Photo by Tom Houlihan/HF Chronicle) There was a party atmosphere Friday as government and business leaders celebrated the $4 million renovation of[Read More…]

46 calls: Traffic Stop (20), Suspicious Subject (2), Domestic Disturbance (2), Warrant Service (2), Parking Problem (1), Assist Fire Dept. (4), Disabled Vehicle (3), Disturbance (2), Check Well Being (3), Traffic Accident with Damage (3), Retail Theft (1), Burglar Alarm (1), Sign/Signal Out (1), Special Watch (1) Traffic Stop 12:00[Read More…]